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In the News: Jeremy DeSilva

New scans of the inside of Australopithecus skulls show that humans "evolved in more of a mosaic, modular kind of fashion, where aspects of our anatomy evolved at different rates," the associate professor of anthropology tells Gizmodo Australia.
Read more at: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/04/lucys-brain-was-part-ape-part-human/

  • Scans of the Australopithecus afarensis skull. (Image: Philipp Gunz, MPI EVA Leipzig)

Lucy's Brain Was Part Ape, Part Human The famous 3.2-million-year-old Lucy specimen has captivated scientists since it was discovered in 1974. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis, which walked upright and likely used tools. New scans of the inside of Australopithecus skulls reveal these extinct hominins had surprisingly ape-like brains that developed more like human brains.

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/04/lucys-brain-was-part-ape-part-human/